Live auction - bga_1015310 - PICTONES / BITURIGES - MID-WESTERN, Unspecified Drachme aux deux chevaux, tête barbue, série C
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| Estimate : | 1 800 € |
| Price : | no bid |
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| End of the sale : | 23 September 2025 15:57:24 |
Type : Drachme aux deux chevaux, tête barbue, série C
Date: Ier siècle avant J.-C.
Metal : silver
Diameter : 15,5 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 3,41 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Superbe drachme sur flan un peu court, épais et centré. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête moustachue et barbue à droite, les cheveux divisés en grosses mèches aquitaniques, torque au cou.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Deux chevaux superposés courant à droite ; dessus, triskèle ; dessous, croix.
Commentary
Ces rares drachmes avec chevaux superposés au revers sont divisées en trois séries (A pour droit et revers à droite, B pour droit et revers à gauche et C pour droit à droite et revers à gauche).
Cette variante avec la tête moustachue et barbue est particulièrement rare.
These rare drachmas with superimposed horses on the reverse are divided into three series (A for obverse and reverse right, B for obverse and reverse left and C for obverse right and reverse left). This variant with the mustachioed and bearded head is particularly rare
Cette variante avec la tête moustachue et barbue est particulièrement rare.
These rare drachmas with superimposed horses on the reverse are divided into three series (A for obverse and reverse right, B for obverse and reverse left and C for obverse right and reverse left). This variant with the mustachioed and bearded head is particularly rare
Historical background
PICTONES / BITURIGES - MID-WESTERN, Unspecified
(2nd - 1st century BC)
Many heavy drachmas, with a rider or superimposed horses are difficult to classify. These early coins originate from the confines of Berry and Touraine; often attributed to the Pictons or the Bituriges. If the typology does not make it possible to determine an attribution to such or such people, the distribution of the discoveries is hardly more precise and the conclusions of their metallic analysis are ultimately rather disappointing..
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